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An inset photo of a man standing next to a pipe protruding from a small plank platform. The larger photo shows the reconstructed derrick enclosed in wooden boards.
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An inset photo of a man standing next to a pipe protruding from a small plank platform. The larger photo shows the reconstructed derrick enclosed in wooden boards.

Credit: (Inset photo) Courtesy the Pennsylvania State Archives; (Larger photo) Courtesy the Drake Well Museum, PHMC Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums

The original Drake Well had disappeared by 1896 (inset photo), but was rebuilt as part of the Drake Well Park and is now maintained by the PHMC.

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